Lantern



R. D. EVANS June 4, 1935.

LANTERN Filed June 9, 1954 (0@ O O O G1 (D0) lig. J

Patented June 4, 1935 PATIENT oFFlcE 2,003,352 v LANTERN Roland D.Evans, Granite City, Ill., assignerV to Handlan-Buck ManufacturingCompany, St.'rv

Louis, Mo., a corporation o f Missouri v Application June 9,'1934 SerialNo. l'729,788A

. 3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to lanterns, and more specifically to ahand lantern'a'dapted particularly for use o-n trucks, railroad cars,and other mobile structures, the predominant object of theinventionbeing to provide a hand lantern which is of such unique construction andarrangement that it is capable of performing its intended function in avery efficient manner.

It is well known by persons familiar with such matters that motor trucksfrequently are provided with hand lanterns Which are suspended inpositions on the trucks to pro-vide lights required by regulations ofStates and municipalities. In some cases these lanterns are used toavoid having the batteries of the trucks unduly drained by a greatnumber of electric lights on the trucks, while in other casesregulations of States and municipalities require that lights in additionto those forming parts of the electrical lighting systems of the trucksbe provided so that the trucks would be equipped with adequate lights inthe event the electrical lighting systems of the trucks failed.

The lantern disclosed herein is so constructed and arranged that it maybe suspended by its bail from a part of a truck or other mobilestructure, and because of the construction of the 1antern and the offsetarrangement of the bail the lantern hangs in a substantially straightposition and is subjected to a minimum of swaying movement during travelof the mobile structure on which it is mounted. Also, because of theparticular construction of the improved lantern, it is suflicientlysturdy and durable to withstand the rough usage to which a lantern issubjected when used on a vehicle or other mobile structure.

Fig. l is a side elevation of a lantern made in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the lantern shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lantern illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawing, wherein is shown for the purpose of illustration,merely, one embodiment of the invention, A designates the improvedlantern generally. The lantern A includes a font B, a hood C, and achimney D supported by an annular portion El located at the upperportion of the font B. The lantern is also provided within the chimney Dwith a suitable burner (not shown), the wick of which is regulated bythe wick-adjusting element F.

The guard frame of the improved lantern comprises a horizontal base ringl, a horizontal top ring 2, and a pair of intermediate horizontal n (Cl.24o-38) guard `ringsA 3.v The' horizontaLj intermediate guard rings 3dare of slightly' greater diameter than the base Aand top rings Iv and2. Theguard frame includes also a. plurality of vvertically disjposedguard elements 4, 5,6,fandl in the form of rods' or sections of"he'avywire, said vertical guard elements at the opposite ends thereofbeing bent around the base and top rings so that said bent portions ofthe vertical guard elements closely embrace the base and top rings. Thevertical guard elements are each soldered, welded, or otherwise securelyxed to the flange B of the lantern font B, and also these vertical guardelements are each soldered, Welded, or otherwise secured to thehorizontal guard rings 3 at the inside face portions thereof. Thus theVarious members which comprise the guard frame of the improved lanternare securely attached together to produce a strong, unitaryconstruction, and said guard frame is rigidly anchored to the lanternproper so as to constitute same an integral part of the complete lanternstructure.

The vertical guard elements 6 and 1 are provided with eyes 8 to which abail 9 is attached. The vertical guard elements 6 and l are located atthe rear of the lantern, andthe bail when dis# posed a verticalposition, as shown in Figs. Vl and 2, is located immediately adjacent tothe rear of the lantern. By offsetting the bail from the center of thelantern, as bails of lanterns were heretofore arranged, to a positionadjacent to the rear of the lantern, the improved lantern may besuspended in a substantially vertical position. Also, because the guardframe of the lantern does not extend outwardly beyond the outer edge ofthe hood C of the lantern, there will be very little rolling movement ofthe lantern with respect to a moving support against which it hangs aswould be the case if the vertical guard elements of the guard frame werebowed outwardly, as was usually the case heretofore. Finally, the simplyconstructed and durable guard frame is capable of withstanding the roughusage to which a lantern is subjected when mounted on a mobilestructure.

I claim:

l. A hand lantern comprising a font, a hood, a chimney interposedbetween said font and said hood, a guard frame arranged to surround saidchimney, and a bail for carrying the lantern or suspending same from asupport, said bail being connected to said guard frame so that'it isdisposed adjacent to one side of the lantern, whereby the lantern may besuspended in a subistantially vertical position in contact with avertically disposed support, said guard frame comprising substantiallystraight, vertically extended guard elements to certain of which saidbail is attached and horizontal guard rings secured to said verticallyextended guard elements, said vertically extended guard elements beingsecured to said font, and said horizontal guard rings being of nogreater diameter than the greatest diameter of said hood.

2. A hand lantern comprising a font, a hood, a chimney interposedbetween said font and said hood, a guard frame arranged to surround saidchimney, and a bail for carrying the lantern or suspending same from asupport, said bail being connected to said guard frame so that it isdisposed adjacent to one side of the lantern, Whereby the lantern may besuspended in a substantially vertical position in contact with avertically disposed support, said guard frame comprising substantiallystraight, vertically extended'guard elements to certain of which saidbail is attached, a base ring located beneath said font, a top ringlocated at the lower portion of said hood, said vertically extendedvguard elements being attached at their opposite ends to said base andtop rings, and intermediate ringssurrounding said chimney and xed tosaid vertical guard elements, said vertically extended guard elementsbeing secured to said font.

3. A hand lantern comprising a font, a hood, a chimney interposedbetween said font and said hood, a guard frame arranged to surround'said chimney, and a bail for carrying the lantern or suspending samefrom a support, said bail being connected to said guard frame so that itis disposed adjacent to one side of the lantern whereby the lantern maybe suspended in a substantially vertical position in contact with avertically disposed support, said guard frame comprising substantiallystraight, vertically extended guard elements to certain of which saidbail is attached, a basering located beneath said font, a top ringlocated at the lower portion of said hood, said vertically extendedguard elements being attached at their opposite ends to said base andtop rings, and intermediate rings surrounding said chimney and xed tosaid vertical guard elements, said vertically extended guard ele-i mentsbeing secured to said font and said base, top, and intermediate ringsbeing of no greater diameter than the greatest diameter of said hood.

ROLAND D. EVANS.

